Range shift promotes the formation of stable range edges

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 153-161

  Phillips, Ben L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Ecological gradient; Evolution; Range edge; Range shift; Simulation modelling

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FITNESS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; RANGE EXPANSION;

EID: 83555177330     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02597.x     Document Type: Article

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